Project Manager Contracts in Central London

Project Manager
London > Central London

The median Project Manager daily rate in Central London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 27 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 172 273 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.11% 7.44% 6.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.45% 7.84% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 208 211
10th Percentile £400 £425 £406
25th Percentile £486 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £673 £713 £638
90th Percentile £775 £804 £700
London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £57.70
25th Percentile - - £58.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.50
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £32.29 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.87% +16.67% +84.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,308 3,483 4,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 94.93% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 2,364 3,175
10th Percentile £350 £325 £353
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +3.26%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £677
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 51
10th Percentile £20.10 £15.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £28.59 £61.25 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.50 £87.64 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Central London

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -2 150 £600 -2.04% 13
Camden - 10 £453 -
City of Westminster 0 3 £550 -31.25% 1
Southwark +6 1 £550 +37.50% 1
West End of London -2 1 £275 -47.12%
Project Manager
London

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 72 (41.86%) Project Management
2 58 (33.72%) Finance
3 43 (25.00%) Agile
4 38 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (21.51%) Social Skills
6 30 (17.44%) Migration
7 25 (14.53%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.05%) Microsoft
9 18 (10.47%) Banking
9 18 (10.47%) Waterfall
10 17 (9.88%) Risk Management
11 16 (9.30%) Budget Management
12 15 (8.72%) Legal
13 14 (8.14%) PRINCE2
13 14 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
15 11 (6.40%) Business Case
15 11 (6.40%) Change Management
15 11 (6.40%) Degree
15 11 (6.40%) JIRA
16 10 (5.81%) Scrum
16 10 (5.81%) WhatsApp
17 9 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (5.23%) Azure
18 8 (4.65%) Business Analysis
18 8 (4.65%) Marketing
18 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
18 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
18 8 (4.65%) Public Sector

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.33%) Confluence
2 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.74%) Documentum
4 2 (1.16%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (1.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.58%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.81%) WhatsApp
2 9 (5.23%) Azure
3 7 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.74%) AWS
5 3 (1.74%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.16%) Asana
6 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.58%) SaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) Firewall
1 2 (1.16%) Network Security
1 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.58%) 5G
2 1 (0.58%) Broadband
2 1 (0.58%) FIX Connectivity
2 1 (0.58%) Internet
2 1 (0.58%) MPLS
2 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.16%) Metadata
3 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.58%) Power BI
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.40%) JIRA
General
1 58 (33.72%) Finance
2 37 (21.51%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.47%) Banking
4 15 (8.72%) Legal
5 11 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.65%) Marketing
7 8 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.07%) Front Office
9 6 (3.49%) Advertising
9 6 (3.49%) Local Government
9 6 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.91%) Fire and Rescue
10 5 (2.91%) Retail
11 4 (2.33%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.33%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Law
12 2 (1.16%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.16%) ADO
2 1 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.91%) Data Centre
1 5 (2.91%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.33%) Photography
3 2 (1.16%) CMDB
3 2 (1.16%) Derivative
3 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.16%) NHS
3 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.16%) Reinsurance
3 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.58%) Blockchain
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.58%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.58%) HACMP
4 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.58%) Smart Energy
4 1 (0.58%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.74%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.58%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (41.86%) Project Management
2 43 (25.00%) Agile
3 38 (22.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (17.44%) Migration
5 25 (14.53%) Project Delivery
6 18 (10.47%) Waterfall
7 17 (9.88%) Risk Management
8 16 (9.30%) Budget Management
9 14 (8.14%) PRINCE2
9 14 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (6.40%) Business Case
11 11 (6.40%) Change Management
12 10 (5.81%) Scrum
13 8 (4.65%) Business Analysis
14 7 (4.07%) Analytics
14 7 (4.07%) Programme Management
14 7 (4.07%) Service Delivery
15 6 (3.49%) Asset Management
15 6 (3.49%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.16%) SQL
2 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (6.40%) Degree
2 7 (4.07%) PMP
3 5 (2.91%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.16%) CCNA
4 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.58%) APMP
5 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.58%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.49%) PMO
3 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.74%) NIST
4 2 (1.16%) Basel III
4 2 (1.16%) QA
5 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.58%) COBIT
5 1 (0.58%) IFRS
5 1 (0.58%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.58%) MiFID
5 1 (0.58%) P3O
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.91%) Cisco
2 5 (2.91%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.33%) SAP
4 3 (1.74%) Arista
4 3 (1.74%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.74%) Databricks
4 3 (1.74%) Oracle
4 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.74%) Splunk
5 2 (1.16%) BT
5 2 (1.16%) Radianz
5 2 (1.16%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.16%) Reuters
5 2 (1.16%) Workday
6 1 (0.58%) Calypso
6 1 (0.58%) Charles River
6 1 (0.58%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.58%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.58%) Murex